Valspar expands Minneapolis R&D center

7:34 AM MDT | October 23, 2012 | Deepti Ramesh

Valspar (Minneapolis, MN) says it plans to expand its R&D campus and renovate its former headquarters building, located in downtown Minneapolis. Valspar is investing $30 million in the project. The project will create up to 135 full-time jobs over the next 2 years, including high-paying roles in the material sciences, the company says. The project will add 87,000 sq ft of laboratory, meeting, and office space. The project is expected to be completed in early 2014. “We will devote more resources toward developing differentiated coatings technologies to...